Admiral Du Pont sending via the steamer Massachusetts, two hundred-pounder rifle bolts (shells) and one forty-pounder recovered at Ft. Pulaskis, fired by sailors from the Wabash. He is sending them to Lammot for safe keeping and so not to alarm his...
Military officers; Parades & processions; Telegrams; Military organizations
Copy of a telegram from Hugh Stirling to W. N. Chandler regarding a torchlight procession that Stirling's Independent Company of Delaware Infantry would be participating in.
Military officers; Military organizations; Military rations
Copy of telegram from James M. Peoples to Major Henry B. Judd. Peoples, Captain of Company A, 7th Regiment Delaware Volunteer Infantry, requests information on rations. Henry B. Judd was the U.S. Army liaison officer in Wilmington, Delaware.
Lacoe discusses a gunpowder shipment. He also mentions the questionable loyalties of Maryland and the prospect of men from Pittston traveling to Delaware to help protect the powder yards.
Ordnance department survey on artillery sent to various battery commanders in the field. Its intention was to evaluate the effectiveness of cannons, projectiles, and horse related equipment in field service. This survey was filled out by First...
Ordnance department survey on artillery sent to various battery commanders in the field. Its intention was to evaluate the effectiveness of cannons, projectiles, and horse related equipment in field service. This survey was filled out by First...
Civil action no. 49 C 1071, filed June 30, 1948, United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, brought under Section 4 of the Act of Congress, July 2, 1890, entitled "An act to protect trade and commerce...
Written on back of image: "1. John Balloch; 2. James Berry; 3. Joseph McGlunchey; 4. Donald S. Ashbrook; 5. James Burt; 6. William Butler; 7. John Philips; 8. John Kanz; 9. Thomas Bent; 10. Edmund Mayo; 11. John McAdam, Jr.; 12. Holstein Law; 13....
Text from back of photo: 'Pilot Renato Conati, on April 11th, claimed a world altitude record for airplanes with a flight of 49,200 feet. The recognized world record of 44,819 feet is held by Georges Lamoine of France. Photo shows Donati (center)...
Typed caption: "Historic marker on Route 49, several miles north of Ashland City, Tenn." Sign reads: "Sycamore Powder Mill. 600 yards E on Sycamore Creek, founded 1835 by Samuel Watson, first judge of Cheatham County. Later acquired by Eagle Mills,...
Caption text: "The Sikorsky UH-60-A Black Hawk helicopter, a utility tactical transport designed to meet mission requirements for the U.S. Army, used about 160 pounds of "Kevlar" 49 aramid fibers in each craft. At least 80 pounds of weight savings...
